Open AccessThe Determinants of Entrepreneurial Act in the Moroccan Textile Sector: A Logistic Regression Approach
Author(s) -
Omar Taouab
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
business and management horizons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2326-0297
DOI - 10.5296/bmh.v2i1.5317
Subject(s) - vitality , entrepreneurship , logistic regression , variable (mathematics) , big five personality traits , variables , economics , personality , theory of planned behavior , econometrics , psychology , management , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , theology , control (management) , finance
Entrepreneurship and business creation is a key factor to enhance the vitality and development of the Moroccan economy especially when undertaken in areas of high economic impact including the textile sector.To delineate the main determinants of entrepreneurial activity factors, we mobilized the theoretical model of planned behavior (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1991), and the model of Shapero (1993) who consider the desirability of the act of undertake as a dependent variable of demographic variables and personality traits. Our results have directed us to the proposal of some actions to be taken to increase the likelihood of undertaking in this area. Each proposed action is accompanied by an approximation of the expected positive effects on endogenous variable due to a variation of a factor